Picture or advertising exhibitor



May 15, 1923.

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Application filed April 27, 1920, Serial No. 377,093, Renewed November 22", 1922; sria1 No. 549,475]

To all whom it may concern. I e

Be t known that I, BERNARD WATERs, of the city of lVmmpeg, 1n the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture or'Aldvertising Exhibitors, of whichthe following is the specification. I

The invention relates to improvements in picture advertising frames and an object of theinvention is to providea frame containing an endless ribbon or band having pictures or other display material thereon and with theband arranged so that it can be moved to expose selected pictures to view and from time to time as occasion demands.

A further object is 'toprovide a mechanism operable from the exterior of the frame for turning the band. i i 1 A further object is to construct the frame so that it can be readily opened up to allow of the insertion and removal of the band.

l/Vith the above more important objects in view the invention consists essentially in a frame formed from a front and a back, wlth the front contaming a glass and the back, rollers at top and bottom, an endless band mounted on the rollers and having thereon a series of distinct spaced pictures or such like exhibit material and means for manipulating the rollers to turn the band, the parts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter more particularly described and later pointedout inthe a pended claim, reference being had to t e accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a front view of a frame con structed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side View of'the same.

I Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional View at 3-3 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view at H Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailed sectional view through one side of the back of the frame.

' Fig. 6 is a view of a band as it appears opened up and with the band approximately half scale as compared with Figures 1 and 3.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

1 represents a containing frame having an ornamented front 2 and a box like back 3. The frame front is open centered and is closed by a glass or such like transparent material 4: which is suitably mounted in closed. v r

Immediately behind the glass 4 flI locate 1 a mat 6,wl1ich is provided'with ahumber' the box such as in a bearing the frame. The front of the frame is hinged to the'back as indicatedat 5, thus v permitting of easy access to the interior =o1f-- the box which has the side next the front open and the back, top, at bottom and endsof similar spaced'op'enings 7, this'mat form mg a setting'for the various pictures whlch are exposed'througli the openings in the mat.

their ends .suitably'mountedin the ends of posed when the front-of the'frame is closed I and they are supplied theirQ-opp'o'site ends with intermeshed gears '11 and 12 whichcause the rollers to positively turn together. One of the rollers is fitted with an extending square stem 13 contained' within an opening 14: reserved in the end of the box, and the stem is utilized for turning the top rollersfsuch as by using a socketed. key.

15 is a bottom roller having the ends rotatably mounted. in the lower part of the f roller being" parallel to" the top roller. -.-'16.- is a'band passing around the rollers 15 and box behind thefront of the frame, this 8 and contacting with the roller 9. Immediately behind the frontpart'of the band I locate a cross partition 17 over which the front side of the band is adaptedto drag when the same is turned. Actually this partition is placed. so that there is just nice clearance for the hand between the partition i and the mat '6, thus keeping the pictures exposedthrough thejopenings in a flat lying condition.

I desire that the bands be in the nature of strips having the pictures actually print ed thereon in spaced relation so that, when a the band is turned and properlyuadjusted there willv be in the presentinstance three pictures of theseries exposedthrough the openings 7.

InFigure 6 of the drawing the rectangular spaces 18 mdicate the pictures or other, material to be exposed and the margin or boundary .line willpreferztbly be a little smaller than the. opening 7 in each case so that it forms a boundary line around the picture which can be seen through the opening.

15 the inserted end down and around the roller 15, seal the ends" together, care being taken buy a seriesot pictures. onbands or ribbons and put them in his mechanical frame from time to time as he desires."

One end oftheband will be gummed as indicated at 19 so that all one hasto do to put a band in the frame is to open the front, insert one end of the band between the top rollers, turn the rollers and, after passing that the band is drawn taut when sealed.

Obviously this frame can be made any length desired, depending on the particular use which'is made of it, whether for picture display purposes or for advertising purposes and the ribbons accordingly will have to .varyoin size to correspond with the size of the frame. I

What I claim as my invention is The comblnation I of a casing having a transparent wall, a mat provided. With a series of vertically spaced picture exhibiting openings supported directly behind said transparent wall in contact therewith, a par tition within the casing spaced a slight'distance' behind said mat, said partition being of sufficient length to extend above and be-i low the openings in the mat, an endlesspicture exhibiting band encircling said partition and having the forward run thereof guided between the partition and the mat,

the rearward run thereofbeing guided between the partition and the wall ofthe casing opposite the transparent wall, a pair of upper rollers supported above the upper end I I ol the partition and engaging opposite sides of said band, a lowerrroller supported beneath the lower endof said partition and and means for simultaneously rotating'both of said upper rollers to actuate the band.

Signed at VVinnepeg, this 2% day of March I 1920. v a I o BERNARD In the presence of:

- GERALD S. RQXBURGH, I K. B. WAKEFIELD; o

WATERS.

45. engaging the band as it passes therebeneath, 7 

